Creek soccer plays John Glenn to 2-2 tie

Published 12:00 pm, Friday, September 16, 2016

BAY CITY — Playing its third game in four days, Bullock Creek tied Bay City John Glenn 2-2 Thursday in a nonconference soccer match.

John Glenn carried a 1-0 lead into halftime.

Five minutes into the second half, Max Myers got the Lancers on the board, finishing on a scramble in front of John Glenn’s net. Jared Way assisted Myers.

Brady Linton followed up by scoring on a free kick from just beyond midfield. Bullock Creek coach Bob Linton said his son noticed the goalkeeper playing off the line and snuck the ball over his head, just under the crossbar.

John Glenn tied the game, however, scoring on a shot from the corner with less than two minutes to play.

“It was a tremendous shot,” Linton said of the tying goal.

The Lancers recorded five shots and John Glenn had 10. Lancers’ goalkeeper Clayton Nasrey had eight saves.

Linton said playing three games in four days has taken a toll on his players, but they worked through it.

“We had some sore guys,” he said. “But they kept fighting until the end. It was just a great game and we controlled a lot of it — especially in the second half.”

Bullock Creek (2-4-2) hosts Valley Lutheran on Monday.

Ithaca 1, Freeland 0

FREELAND — An early goal was the deciding factor Thursday as Ithaca beat Freeland 1-0 in nonconference soccer.

Falcons’ coach Brandon Coleman said the Yellowjackets scored eight minutes into the game by getting behind Freeland’s defenders.

Freeland outshot Ithaca 21-8.

Coleman said his team was feeling the effects from a fatiguing penalty-kick win against Swan Valley on Wednesday.

“It was frustrating,” he said. “The boys are pretty beaten from Wednesday’s game. It’s frustrating to see opportunities go to waste, but we made a lot of opportunities, too. We got punished for not finishing when we had the chances.”

The Flying G’s built a 5-0 halftime lead, then eventually activated the eight-goal mercy rule on Feng Jin Cui’s marker seven minutes into the second half. Brendan Seebeck contributed two goals and two assists, while Donovan Gutierrez converted on a penalty kick, and goalkeeper Max Wentworth had two saves for the G’s.

“We were just the better team today,” said Gladwin coach Jerome Smalley. “We passed the ball extremely well and played very unselfishly.”

Gladwin (12-1, 5-1 NMSL) hosts Ogemaw Heights on Monday.

Alma 2, Hemlock 1 (shootout)

HEMLOCK — Alma edged Hemlock 2-1 in a shootout in Tri-Valley Conference West soccer on Thursday, dropping the Huskies to 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the TVC West.

The Panthers led 1-0 at halftime, but Ryan Bray scored for Hemlock in the second half to force overtime and the subsequent shootout.